I’m the only one in my house who likes zucchini. I have to hide it *really well* for the guys to tolerate it, and – quite frankly – I don’t have a lot of the time and willpower for properly hiding my vegetables in the hopes of better nourishing my family.

Clearly, there’s a reason I’ve seen all those compilation articles on X number of ways you can prepare zucchini. I can’t be alone in this struggle.

The one trick I’d been itching to try was substituting shaved strips of the stuff for pasta – and I finally took the plunge. Here’s how it worked for me.